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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

April 1949

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 227Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 331Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 312Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 313Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 314Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 315Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 316Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 317Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 318Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 319Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGrain Rain20Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 321Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 428Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 429Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 430Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 41Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 42Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 43Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 44Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 45Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Summer6Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 47Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, April 14, 1949

Lunar 一九四九年 · 三月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    1949-04-05

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1949-04-14

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1949-04-20

    In 6 days

  4. Start of Summer

    Fri

    1949-05-06

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

清明 → 谷雨

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊辰

三月十七

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneSeek medical careTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Offer prayersPurification riteOpen for businessBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Favourable

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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